The headache profile of idiopathic intracranial hypertension.
The headache profile of idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH, pseudotumour cerebri) has not previously been prospectively studied. We administered a questionnaire to 63 cases at the time of diagnosis. Fifty-eight of the cases had headache and 93% of those with headache reported it to be their most severe ever. Patients characteristically noted a pulsatile headache of gradually increasing intensity that had awakened them. Daily headache occurred in 74% of those reporting headache. Pain in a nerve root distribution or retro-ocular pain with eye movement, uncommon with other headache disorders, help to differentiate this headache syndrome.
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Tulane University School of Medicine, Department of Neurology & Psychiatry, New Orleans, La. 70112.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006261:Headache / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011559:Pseudotumor Cerebri / Q000503:physiopathology*